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AMERICAN GODS
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AMERICAN GODS
- Where can I find more information about the Gods in American Gods?
- Who was the forgotten God?
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- Flub: Loki's smoking habits?
- Flub: Is there a reappearing cigarette?
- I'm a foreigner-- could you explain what Shadow means when he asks the raven "has timmy fallen down another well?"
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- Did you write the Anansi story in American Gods or is it based on an earlier African fable?
- What are the anglicisms in American Gods?
- Shouldn't the golem have Emet (truth) written on him instead of Haim (life)?
- Did David Lynch's films have any influence on the book?
- How much, in your opinion, has the publicity and promotions surrounding American Gods helped it win all of those awards? Would your book, with the same exact text as now, still have won the Hugo if it hadn't been promoted the way it was and if you hadn't already gained some name recognition?
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- There's this story I heard you read with a writer, and zombies, and the word "superfluous" in it-- can you tell me what it's called and where to find it?
- Is "Foreign Parts" (from Smoke & Mirrors) a homage to Ray Bradbury's "Fever Dream" (from"The Day it Rained Forever")?
- Could you tell me about the Comic Relief comic?
- Are any early sketches of Dream based on Bono of U2?
- Were you originally offered the Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron Script before John Fusco?
- Have you ever read Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome? If so, what did ye think?
- Can I make a student film based on one of your comics?
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- What do you think the difference is between fantasy and fiction? Is there a difference?
- I want to make a concept album/stage play/short film/set of tee shirts/something to sell based on Sandman. Please give me permission.
- What is the order of the Sandman volumes?
- Was the King of Pain real?
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- Who can't spell Dalmatians in Brief Lives?
- Is the Death movie really in development?
- Can I make an animated version of your "Dream Hunters" story?
- How would you describe Morpheus's feelings towards Death?
- In Hy Bender's book, The Sandman Companion, on page 199, you comment that one of your favorite sequences to write in the Kindly Ones was when Cluracan vomits up his nemesis... I can't find this sequence anywhere!
- Why didn't Barbie re-appear in The Kindly Ones or The Wake?
- Why don't they sell Sandman tees anymore at Hot Topic?
